The Weaver of Jacob’s ladders

When the sun withdraws behind the clouds, the sky fills with rays like a silent breath. In these suspended moments, The Weaver of Jacob’s Ladders appears. She seeks neither ascent nor fall: she opens passages.

Her body sketches a bridge between two worlds — a motionless dance, held between impulse and balance. Her left leg extends backward like an anchor in the air, while her torso spirals around the axis of the world’s breath. Arms open, she stretches a thread of light that only the heart’s silence can perceive.

Between her fingers, she gathers what escapes: the quiet beams of a hidden sun, the murmurs of an ancient prayer, the fading traces of a dream.
The thread descends from sky to earth, light as a breath, firm as faith.

Her face is serene, turned toward the ground — not in surrender, but in full presence. She connects. She transmits. She reveals.
For sometimes, a single thread, drawn with precision, is enough to find the way back.

Behind the scenes

After a first version in terracotta, Jacob’s Ladder Weaver was made in plastiline at 1/2 scale.

The elastomeric molding required dismemberment for ease of casting. It will be reassembled in bronze. The elastomer mold perfectly matches the details and restores them in the wax.

The wax print is then assembled on a wax shaft and placed in a cylinder into which plaster is poured. Once cooked, the wax melts and leaves a hollow which can be filled with bronze. The liquid bronze is poured by the tree and fills all the hollow left by the melted wax.

Then, the chiseling stage consists of eliminating all the small defects in the bronze. Finally, the patina is made hot with oxides. This stage enhances the work of the sculptor and requires experience and mastery.